Is the Religious Right in America Dead?

I recommend that Americans not exaggerate the Religious Right’s power but don’t underestimate it either.

The role of the Religious Right in the Republican Party and national political life is under a lot of scrutiny these days.

Everyone from Ralph Reed and Richard Land to Billy Graham and Tony Perkins did everything in their considerable power to steer the election to Mitt Romney and other Republican candidates, and they failed miserably. These folks even lost a string of referenda on issues such as taxpayer funding of religion, reproductive rights and marriage equality.

As a result of these losses, some pundits and prognosticators are declaring the fundamentalist political movement to be yesterday’s news. Few are pronouncing the Religious Right “undeniably and reliably” dead this time (as has happened often in the past). But respected analysts are finding it mighty sickly.

1. I don't think they are dead, by any means, but they are losing their power.

They are threatening to bolt? Where do they say they are going to go? Democratic? I doubt it.

There is an article I posted today about redefining the term "evangelical". IMO, it's important to begin distinguishing between evangelicals and fundamentalists. While they have some things in common, I think more evangelicals are democrats. Per the article, white evangelicals comprised 8% of Obama's vote. I would bet these are the *new* evangelicals and not the fundamentalists.

2. No, but this statement is promising:

According to Religion News Service, the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI) has concluded that relying on white Christian voters will never again spell national electoral success -- especially for the GOP. PRRI released a survey yesterday about religion’s role in the presidential race.

7. 8 lbs?

8. Too Many Robber Barons WANT a Theocracy

They know that under the current system they can only squeeze the rest of us so hard before the people rebel.
A theocracy is absolutely immune to popular rebellion, no matter how repressive it becomes.
No theocracy has EVER fallen to a popular rebellion, in all of recorded history.
This is very attractive to the Koch brothers and some of the other robber barons.

It is argued that the robber barons would not want to live under a theocracy themselves.
They would not have to. They would live ABOVE it, like the sheikhs of Saudi Arabia.